TWO-FRONT WAR: A CONVENIENT FICTION
Jan 25, 2020
2 minutes
BHARAT KARNAD
Illustration by TANMOY CHAKRABORTY
Naravane’s assumption that the terrains in, and the weaponry and skill sets required to fight, Pakistan and China, are similar, is flawed
It is almost de rigueur for a newly appointed military Chief of Staff to ritually make certain statements, for instance, about the supposed readiness of his armed service to fight a “two-front war”. General Manoj M. Naravane, however, displayed a disarming confidence in
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